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Cleveland
Ohio Lawmaker Wants to Require Jails to Report Pregnancy Outcomes
Cleveland
Uncounted: Ohio’s Failure to Track Lost Pregnancies in Jails Spurs Questions Over Care
Jackson
DOJ Shakeup May Put Civil Rights Probe of 1970 Jackson State, Mississippi, Killings At Risk
News and Awards
May 16
The Marshall Project Honored in 10 Categories by the Society for News Design
The competition honors the best in visual journalism and design in the world.
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The Marshall Project
St. Louis
May 14
These Missouri Prisons Get ‘Brutally Hot.’ In Solitary, It’s Even Worse.
A recent class action lawsuit from the MacArthur Justice Center sheds light on how extreme heat creates life-threatening conditions for those in solitary confinement.
By
Ivy Scott
The Record
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Jackson
May 12
In Mississippi’s Capital City, Indicted District Attorney Flouts Campaign Disclosure Laws
While he fights federal bribery charges, Jody Owens faces sanctions for not disclosing campaign funds and spending. Weak laws confuse enforcement.
By
Caleb Bedillion
Closing Argument
May 10
Why We Still Don’t Have Enough Solid Data on Pregnancy in Prison
A new report sheds light on pregnant people behind bars, but misses their lived experience.
By
Nicole Lewis
Life Inside
May 9
When New Jersey Switches Prison Tablet Companies, I’ll Lose 10 Years of Family Memories
Writer Shakeil Price uses his JPay tablet as a hard drive for his photos and videos. He’ll soon have to mail it home or have it destroyed.
By
Shakeil Price
News and Awards
May 7
The Marshall Project Announces $1M Challenge Grant From Board Chair Liz Simons to Support Criminal Justice Journalism
The need for trusted, fact-based reporting has never been more urgent.
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The Marshall Project
Opening Statement
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this mornings’s email
Supreme Court Rejects ‘Moment of Threat’ Limit in Excessive Force Suits
Supreme Court weighs Trump plea to implement plan on birthright citizenship limits
Judge Dismisses ‘Trespassing’ Charges Promoted by Trump in Border ‘Defense Area’
FBI folds the public corruption squad that aided Jack Smith's Trump investigations
Mass. sheriff to ICE and public: ‘Everybody just needs to take a step back’
Florida executes Glen Rogers for 1995 Hillsborough murder
Alabama lawmakers approve additional legal protections for police officers
‘Fraught With Abuse’: Lawmakers Denounce Brutality in N.Y. Prisons
James Carver Released After Wrongful Arson Conviction
Legal changes prompt review of Charles Flores’ TX death row case
There Are Two Kinds of Cops
Martin's Out. Pirro's In. Incompetence Reigns.
Rikers takeover shows the crisis in American prisons and jails
Opinion
Two Supreme Court justices cause attack on the Voting Rights Act.
Georgetown researcher released from immigration detention : NPR
The End of Rule of Law
Pardoned rioters are using their Jan. 6 acts to sell merch, gain followers
We Still Don’t Know What Kash Patel Did as a Consultant for Qatar – Mother Jones
Cash assistance may curb recidivism among people leaving prison, study says • Stateline
News and Awards
May 5
The Marshall Project Is a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
Joe Sexton’s sweeping narrative ‘The Hardest Case for Mercy’ explored the efforts to spare the life of the Parkland school shooter.
By
The Marshall Project
Closing Argument
May 3
There’s a Lot to Learn About Crime. Trump’s Orders Are Making It Harder to Get Answers.
The administration so far has cut funds for tracking bad cops, shootings and violent extremism, cancelled crime prevention grants, and more.
By
Jill Castellano
News and Awards
May 2
The Marshall Project Wins National Health Care Journalism Award for Excellence in Audio Reporting
The reporting exposed the impact of widespread drug testing on pregnant people.
By
The Marshall Project
Feature
May 1
When Prison Nurses Must Choose Between Loyalty to Abusive Guards and Devotion to Patients
In dozens of cases, medical personnel in New York prisons were accused of covering up beatings — some under pressure — and rarely faced punishment.
By
Joseph Neff
and
Alysia Santo